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This. We also thought MCP was useless, but now the workflows by ChatGPT and Claude are so good; it's as good as installing an app from the App Store. We launche

This. We also thought MCP was useless, but now the workflows by ChatGPT and Claude are so good; it's as good as installing an app from the App Store. We launched MCP for our SaaS and immediately found users using it. API and MCP all are just buzzwords for customers. What they care about is whether they can get tasks done in our SaaS using Claude or ChatGPT. If that happens, it's a success.

deadbabe 1mo ago
Do you not expose a standard REST api?
- edgyquant 1mo ago
  MCP is not just a rest api its a layer on top
  - allknowingfrog 1mo ago
    A layer than honestly doesn't do much, as I understand it. What does MCP as a protocol actually solve? Is it more than a bandwagon?
    - woofcat 1mo ago
      My company uses MCP in production to connect different AI products together that were developed by different teams. It makes the connections very easy, where a REST interface often has quirks and features that you have to understand.
      - allknowingfrog 1mo ago
        That's fair. REST isn't much of a standard. MCP can be just as badly designed and documented as REST, but at least there's a standard for authenticating and listing the options. Reading through other top-level comments, this seems to be the theme. MCP usage is mostly driven by ease of connection.
    - KellyCriterion 1mo ago
      Im not deep in there, but Id guess it offers some discovery mechanisms? (not sure if my understanding is correct)
      - saalweachter 1mo ago
        Basically it's just bundling the API documentation into a standard format to plug into LLMs, if you're comfortable running prompt injection on yourself and downloading random text from random websites and telling your favorite LLM to use it to access your banking information.
    - bavell 1mo ago
      It's a bit of a nothingburger IMO, but charitably you could think of it as a rest API + bundled agent instructions.
    - edgyquant 25d ago
      It tells an agent what tools are available and the scenarios when they should be called. This does a ton of work when working with agents
- adityapatadia 1mo ago
  We do. MCP works on top of it. I say MCP is just lightweight layer on top of REST and as long as it works for end users I don’t see any reason not to adopt it.
openoba 29d ago
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deadbabe 1mo ago

Do you not expose a standard REST api?

edgyquant 1mo ago
MCP is not just a rest api its a layer on top
- allknowingfrog 1mo ago
  A layer than honestly doesn't do much, as I understand it. What does MCP as a protocol actually solve? Is it more than a bandwagon?
  - woofcat 1mo ago
    My company uses MCP in production to connect different AI products together that were developed by different teams. It makes the connections very easy, where a REST interface often has quirks and features that you have to understand.
    - allknowingfrog 1mo ago
      That's fair. REST isn't much of a standard. MCP can be just as badly designed and documented as REST, but at least there's a standard for authenticating and listing the options. Reading through other top-level comments, this seems to be the theme. MCP usage is mostly driven by ease of connection.
  - KellyCriterion 1mo ago
    Im not deep in there, but Id guess it offers some discovery mechanisms? (not sure if my understanding is correct)
    - saalweachter 1mo ago
      Basically it's just bundling the API documentation into a standard format to plug into LLMs, if you're comfortable running prompt injection on yourself and downloading random text from random websites and telling your favorite LLM to use it to access your banking information.
  - bavell 1mo ago
    It's a bit of a nothingburger IMO, but charitably you could think of it as a rest API + bundled agent instructions.
  - edgyquant 25d ago
    It tells an agent what tools are available and the scenarios when they should be called. This does a ton of work when working with agents
adityapatadia 1mo ago
We do. MCP works on top of it. I say MCP is just lightweight layer on top of REST and as long as it works for end users I don’t see any reason not to adopt it.

openoba 29d ago

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